Editing Wave base (section)

{{Short description|Maximum depth at which a water wave's passage causes significant water motion}}
[[Image:wavebase.jpg|325px|thumb|right|'''Wave base''' diagram.]]
The '''wave base''', in [[physical oceanography]], is the maximum depth at which a [[water wave]]'s passage causes significant water motion. At water depths deeper than the wave base, bottom sediments and the [[seafloor]] are no longer stirred by the wave motion above.<ref name="mechanics">{{cite book | title=Water wave mechanics for engineers and scientists | author=R. G. Dean | author2=R. A. Dalrymple | name-list-style=amp | year=1991 | series=Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering | volume=2 | publisher=World Scientific, Singapore | isbn=978-981-02-0420-4 }}</ref>